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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Musigny Vieilles Vignes 2011 from Vogüé is a gorgeous effort - although slight closed now. In the bouquet transparent, cool and refined fruit - notes of raspberries, cherries and pomegranate - brought forward by a intense filigree minerality. On the palate layers of pure, crisp and vibrant fruit …
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The Musigny 1990 from Roumier is a mind-blowing wine ... at age 25 it still needs 5 to 10 years more in the cellar to unfold completely. The bouquet is however quite open at this stage ... revealing more and more glimps of the tremendous complexity hiding underneath the intense and quite tightly …
The Bourgogne Blanc 2002 from Domaine Comte de Vogüé is showing very well now. The nose is bursting with layers of tightly knit yellow fruit - hints of apple, hazelnuts and refreshed by a citrus infused filigree minerality. On the palate surprisingly weighty and intense with a lovely nerve and …
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The Bourgogne Blanc 1999 from Vogue is approaching full maturity. The nose is complex with notes of matured yellow fruit - hints of acacia, citrus, hazelnuts and apple - lifted by a chalky and stony minerality. On the palate still quite crisp with a medium weight midpalate fruit ... matured but …
I have followed Burgundy wines quite closely the last 20 to 25 years - tasting a lot of lovely wines from many different domaines. One domaine does however hold a special place in my passion for Burgundy wines - the name is Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé - a domaine with history, great vineyards, …
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